Noah Zweifel reports in the Altamont Enterprise that Rensselaerville’s 2022 drinking-water-quality report shows high levels of TTHMs and HAA5, two chemical byproducts of the disinfection process and that may cause health issues. The Rensselaerville water averaged a 69.9 micrograms per liter for TTHMS, or trihalomethanes, just below the state limit of 80 micrograms per liter. But the average reading for HAA5, or haloacetic acids five, was 77.2, above the state limit of 60 micrograms per liter. The report also said that the Rensselaerville filtration system was not working effectively as the average water turbidity also exceeded state limits during an August test period. The good news is that these bad numbers were worse in 2021, when the town averaged 101.15 micrograms per liter for TTHMs and 136.9 for HAA5. Ed Csukas recently took over the town’s water committee, and is looking for grant money to overhaul the Rensselaerville water treatment facility. The town's water is drawn from Lake Myosotis, which is susceptible to algal blooms. Read more about this story in the Altamont Enterprise.